More than 3,300 students will graduate this week at Brock’s 2012 Spring Convocation, which takes place over seven ceremonies from Tuesday, June 5, to Saturday, June 9.

All ceremonies will be held in the Walker Complex in the Ian D. Beddis gymnasium. An outdoor reception for graduates, family members and guests will be held after each ceremony. Tickets are not required. All guests are welcome.

• An honorary degree will be presented to Colin Chilvers, Special Effects Director. Brock is recognizing Chilvers for his exceptional achievements and pioneering work in special and visual effects for the motion picture industry. He will also deliver the Convocation address.
• Professor Kevin Kee, Department of History and Centre for Digital Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, will be presented with the 2012 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Professor Greg Finn, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, will be presented with the 2012 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Humanities Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock medals winners: Josie Kielstra (undergraduate) and Carolyn Mullin (graduate)
• Humanities Dean’s Medals: Hilary Leigh McLean, Classics, and Eric Michaud, French Studies
• Mathematics and Science Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock medals winners: Meagan Dumont (undergraduate) and Nicholas Vesprini (graduate)
• Mathematics and Science Dean’s Medals: Jesse Larone, Mathematics Integrated with Computing and Applications, and David Clark
• Andrew Skelton, an MSc student in mathematics and statistics, will be presented with the Governor General’s Gold Medal, awarded to the student who achieves the highest academic standing at the graduate level

Thursday, June 7, 10 a.m. - Faculty of Social Sciences

• An honorary degree will be presented to Edward L. Greenspan, Senior Partner, Greenspan Partners Barristers. Brock is recognizing Greenspan for his exemplary public contributions to society and his outstanding achievements as an accomplished lawyer, academic and humanitarian. He will also deliver the Convocation address.
• Professor Robert Dimand, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, will be presented with the 2012 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Social Sciences Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock medal winner: Daryna Marei (graduate)

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Thank you for all Brock has done for me! Part of my journey to the promised land and my voluntarist personality with Canadian Red Cross now shows my continued evolution of my convocation of life. Thank you Brad Clarke most of all for mentoring me thru the best times of my Brock Experience, my humble collegue and always in friendship,